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A Simplified Control Approach for the Neuromuscular Blockade Level

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CONTROLO 2016

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In this paper a new simplified control scheme for the neuromuscular blockade level that only requires the knowledge of one model parameter is proposed. The control law is designed to track a desired target neuromuscular blockade level. Furthermore, an identification procedure to obtain the necessary model parameter is implemented. The results were validated by simulations based on real data collected during surgeries.

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Acknowledgments

This work was financially supported by: Project POCI-01-0145-FEDER-006933—SYSTEC—Research Center for Systems and Technologies—funded by FEDER funds through COMPETE2020—Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalizao (POCI) and by national funds through FCT—Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia; The author Juliana Almeida acknowledge the support from FCT Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia under the SFRH/BD/87128/2012.

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  1. Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, s/n, 4200-465, Porto, Portugal

    Juliana Almeida & Paula Rocha

  2. Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, s/n, 4169-007, Porto, Portugal

    Teresa Mendonça

  3. Research Center for Systems and Technologies (SYSTEC), Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, s/n, 4200-465, Porto, Portugal

    Juliana Almeida, Teresa Mendonça & Paula Rocha

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  1. Juliana Almeida
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Correspondence to Juliana Almeida .

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  1. School of Engineering,Campus de Couros, University of Minho School of Engineering,Campus de Couros, Guimarães, Portugal

    Paulo Garrido

  2. School of Engineering,Campus de Couros, University of Minho School of Engineering,Campus de Couros, Guimarães, Portugal

    Filomena Soares

  3. Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto Faculty of Engineering, Porto, Portugal

    António Paulo Moreira

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Almeida, J., Mendonça, T., Rocha, P. (2017). A Simplified Control Approach for the Neuromuscular Blockade Level. In: Garrido, P., Soares, F., Moreira, A. (eds) CONTROLO 2016. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 402. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43671-5_4

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